8 beautifully simple garden ideas that really work
The Diggers Club Garden of St Erth demonstrates simple garden ideas to home gardeners. It’s a charming and very domestic-scale garden. Every idea in it could be taken back to…
RHS Chelsea 2026 has decisively moved away from perfect lawns, large ‘outdoor room’ expanses of new paving, plants that need to be cosseted and a constant battle with soil and…
The Diggers Club Garden of St Erth demonstrates simple garden ideas to home gardeners. It’s a charming and very domestic-scale garden. Every idea in it could be taken back to…
It can be difficult to find the right indoor garden pot for your newly fashionable house plant. The chain stores, such as B&Q and Ikea, do a good line in…
If you want to take your garden up a notch, book a garden appraisal. Maybe you’ve moved to a new house and you don’t even know what’s in your garden?…
Yasmin Hossain makes natural dye from garden plants. She uses it to dye beautiful silk and wool fabrics. These are made into throws, blankets, scarves and other accessories, available online…
What’s the first thing you think about when you decide to find a gardener? Is it ‘how much does a gardener cost?’ Or ‘how do I find a gardener who…
To wish you ‘happy Christmas’, here is ‘the best of 2017’ – the most popular posts published in 2017 in the Middlesized Garden, plus my favourite photographs. Spring – romance…
What are your best blogging tips of the year? I’ll tell you mine, if you tell me yours. Britmums is a blogging collective. Although it’s mainly for parenting bloggers, it…
The phrase ‘Christmas tablescape‘ has emerged from Pinterest, along with ‘Christmas mantelscapes.’ A Christmas tablescape isn’t always about decorating a dining table. It’s a Christmas still life, on a coffee…
Charming DIY jam jar Christmas decorations with garden clippings and festive ornaments. Easy, cheap, quick to do and very chic!
I don’t dig up dahlias to store them over winter. And before you dig your dahlias up, it’s important to know the pros and cons. Do I have to dig…
In the 1970s house plants were as essential as having a coffee mug, a Habitat plate and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon album. None of us even thought…
I’ve been sent review copies of Secret Gardens of East Anglia by Barbara Segall & Marcus Harpur, and The Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley & Hugo Rittson Thomas. In fact,…
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Contemporary cottage garden style – the power of the 70/30 rule
How to achieve the prettiest contemporary cottage garden style – and why the 70/30 rule will make your planting so much more successful.
How to turn a wide shallow backyard into the perfect garden
How to divide up a wide shallow backyard or garden – turn it into a beautiful outdoor space with just a few clever tips.
The really easy guide to pruning hydrangeas
Confused by contradictory advice on how and when to prune hydrangeas? This post makes it easy to achieve beautiful blooms year after year.
Don’t dig up dahlias for winter! What to do instead….
I don’t dig up dahlias to store them over winter. And before you dig your dahlias up, it’s important to know the pros and cons. Do I have to dig…
The absolutely best way to prune English lavender beautifully
Find out how to prune English lavender to make it look better and last longer. Photos of my lavender from 2013-2023 are proof that it works!
How to plant a border like a pro
How to plant a border brilliantly – design tips and practical advice. How to position shrubs and flowers in the best places, plus other tips.
